How do you use Insinuate in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like introduce or intimate, plus the exact meaning.
Insinuate meaning
- To hint; to suggest tacitly (usually something bad) while avoiding a direct statement.
- To creep, wind, or flow into; to enter gently, slowly, or imperceptibly, as into crevices.
- To ingratiate; to obtain access to or introduce something by subtle, cunning or artful means.
Using Insinuate
- The main meaning on this page is: To hint; to suggest tacitly (usually something bad) while avoiding a direct statement. | To creep, wind, or flow into; to enter gently, slowly, or imperceptibly, as into crevices. | To ingratiate; to obtain access to or introduce something by subtle, cunning or artful means.
- Useful related words include: bring in, introduce, intimate, adumbrate.
- In the example corpus, insinuate often appears in combinations such as: insinuate that, to insinuate, and insinuate.
Context around Insinuate
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 15 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 1 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Insinuate
- In this selection, "insinuate" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, powszechny, things, himself and black stand out and add context to how "insinuate" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and they insinuate themselves in and anybody to insinuate that he. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "insinuate" sits close to words such as abattoirs, aberrant and abike, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with insinuate
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Think twice before you insinuate and prostrate. (7 words)
Such suggestions are misleading because they insinuate that U.S. political leadership is highly centralized. (15 words)
He said for MVP to insinuate that he is to blame for Retribution is low. (15 words)
Although the term is complimentary as it can mean being clued up on what’s happening in the world and how certain groups are unfairly treated, it’s often been weaponised as an insult to insinuate things have gone ‘too far’. (41 words)
No, it’s an illustration of what happens to you if you don’t secure your data base correctly and insinuate you’re dealing as a flirting technique, lectures a voice over, revealed as the confident, smiling 20-something Moritz Zimmermann. (41 words)
In a chat with journalists yesterday, the former Lawmaker and Edo guber aspirant declared that it is unthinkable for anybody to insinuate that he is fronting for group leaders or persons. (31 words)
Must we then suspend the empowerment of the traders just because some people will insinuate motivations? (16 words)
Interestingly, she never comes right out and accuse him of anything inappropriate, she does insinuate he wanted some of that poontang! (21 words)
Example sentences (20)
Again, this isn’t to insinuate that Haley avoided winning football games or anything like that.
It is certainly especially repugnant that “Catholic” media, such as Tygodnik Powszechny insinuate things about Wojtyla and Sapieha.
Although the term is complimentary as it can mean being clued up on what’s happening in the world and how certain groups are unfairly treated, it’s often been weaponised as an insult to insinuate things have gone ‘too far’.
Furthermore, the timing of his comments seems to insinuate that Exxon’s actions could be politically motivated, especially given the upcoming general elections are scheduled in August 2025.
It is devastating to sit at your comfort zone and insinuate that this is what should happen.
Such suggestions are misleading because they insinuate that U.S. political leadership is highly centralized.
The lawmaker said he never said he “didn’t even insinuate” he longed for the Jim Crow era.
Abba Kyari rode on the series of gaps in the presidency to insinuate himself in the power politics that played on his filial relationship with the president.
He said for MVP to insinuate that he is to blame for Retribution is low.
In a chat with journalists yesterday, the former Lawmaker and Edo guber aspirant declared that it is unthinkable for anybody to insinuate that he is fronting for group leaders or persons.
Interestingly, she never comes right out and accuse him of anything inappropriate, she does insinuate he wanted some of that poontang!
She was intimidated by a seven-year-old child because he was tall, and one could only insinuate, Black.
They go into the demonstrations, which are exercising First Amendment activity, and they insinuate themselves in there to shield themselves.
Think twice before you insinuate and prostrate.
As if to insinuate the 2001-2018 Belichick/Brady Patriots could never have handled that team twice a season.
Dash went on to call out members of the media and insinuate that they wouldn't be sharing this story because they'd rather say he's crazy and broke.
Its pretty sick for people to insinuate that I would wax my daughter’s eyebrows.
No, it’s an illustration of what happens to you if you don’t secure your data base correctly and insinuate you’re dealing as a flirting technique, lectures a voice over, revealed as the confident, smiling 20-something Moritz Zimmermann.
To find it, Katarina will insinuate herself into the life of Elizabeth Keen (Megan Boone), who has finally reunited with her daughter Agnes.
Must we then suspend the empowerment of the traders just because some people will insinuate motivations?
Common combinations with insinuate
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- insinuate that 12×
- to insinuate 11×
- and insinuate 3×
- they insinuate 3×
- insinuate things 2×
- insinuate he 2×
- only insinuate 2×
- will insinuate 2×
- insinuate herself 2×